Privacy Policy

PaceNote is an independent Android application. It is not affiliated with any platform, network, or data company.

For any privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us directly at tfcreativellc@gmail.com. We respond to all enquiries within 30 days.

PaceNote does not collect, transmit, or share any personal data. We have no servers, no user accounts, no analytics pipeline, and no crash reporting tools embedded in the app.

We have no way to identify who you are, where you are, how you use the app, or what you write in your journal — because none of that information ever reaches us.

PaceNote does not collect, access, store, or transmit any health or fitness data. The app is a mindfulness and journaling companion for walking sessions — it is not a fitness tracker and has no access to your physical health information.

PaceNote does not collect or process any of the following:

• Step counts, distance, pace, or movement metrics
• Heart rate, blood oxygen, or any biometric measurements
• Calories burned or physical exertion data
• Sleep, activity, or exercise history
• GPS coordinates, routes, or location data of any kind
• Any sensor data beyond the microphone, which is optional and used solely for voice journaling

PaceNote does not integrate with Android Health Connect, Google Fit, or any other health data platform or service. No health-related Android permissions are declared or requested by the app, including ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION, BODY_SENSORS, or any Health Connect permission.

The following data is stored locally in your device’s app storage and never leaves your device:

• Journal entries — the text you write or dictate during walking sessions
• Theme preference — your chosen ambient color theme (Forest, Dusk, Ocean, Ember, or Slate)
• Sound preference — whether audio chimes are enabled
• Pro subscription status — verified locally via Google Play Billing; no personal data involved
• Microphone consent record — a local flag indicating whether you’ve granted consent for voice journaling

PaceNote may request access to your device’s microphone, but only if you choose to use Voice Journaling. You will always be shown a clear disclosure screen before this permission is requested.

How it works

When you tap the Record button during a session, your device’s built-in OS speech recognition engine (Android’s native SpeechRecognition API) transcribes your speech to text in real time. The resulting text is saved locally in your journal if you choose to save it.

Microphone access is entirely optional. Every other feature of PaceNote — sessions, prompts, the timer, story player, journal review, themes, and settings — works fully without microphone permission.

You can revoke microphone access at any time in Android Settings → Apps → PaceNote → Permissions → Microphone.

PaceNote Pro subscriptions are processed entirely by Google Play Billing. PaceNote does not receive, process, or store your payment information of any kind.

When you subscribe, Google handles the payment transaction and returns a subscription status (active or inactive) to the app. That status is stored locally on your device so the app knows which features to unlock. No personally identifiable billing data is ever passed to us.

Google’s own privacy policy governs any data collected during the purchase flow. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in Google Play → Profile → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions → PaceNote Pro.

PaceNote contains no advertising SDKs, analytics SDKs, crash reporting libraries, or tracking frameworks of any kind.

The complete list of third-party integrations in the app:

• Google Play billing (v7) — subscription management only. No data collection.

There are no Firebase services, no Facebook SDK, no Adjust, no Appsflyer, no Mixpanel, no Sentry, and no advertising networks. PaceNote is entirely ad-free and supported solely by Pro subscriptions.

PaceNote is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Because PaceNote collects no data from any user, there is nothing to collect from anyone, children included.

If you believe a child has used the app in a way that raises a concern, please contact us at tfcreativellc@gmail.com.

Because all PaceNote data lives exclusively on your device, you are in complete control of it. There are two ways to delete your data:

• Journal entries only — go to Settings → Journal → Clear All within the app
• All app data — go to Android Settings → Apps → PaceNote → Storage → Clear Data, or uninstall the app

If you submit a data deletion request to us directly, there is genuinely nothing for us to delete — we hold no data about you. We’re happy to confirm this in writing if needed.

Depending on your location, privacy laws such as the GDPR (EU/UK) or CCPA (California) may give you rights over your personal data, including the right to access, correct, delete, or port it.

Because PaceNote collects no personal data whatsoever, these regulations do not apply in practice. All data associated with your use of the app lives on your device and is fully under your control. You can delete it at any time as described in Section 8.

If you have questions about your rights or would like written confirmation of our zero-data practices, contact us at tfcreativellc@gmail.com.

PaceNote implements technical safeguards to protect locally stored data, including:

• An allowlist of permitted storage keys — the app will not read or write outside a defined set
• Input sanitisation on all user-generated text before saving, stripping HTML and script content
• A write rate limiter to prevent storage flooding
• A journal integrity fingerprint to detect if locally stored data has been externally tampered with
• Strict boolean validation of Pro status to prevent client-side unlock bypass

Because no data is transmitted over the internet, there is no server-side attack surface for your journal or personal information.

If we update this Privacy Policy, the new version will be published within the app and on our website before any changes take effect. We will note the effective date at the top of the policy.

Given our zero-data approach, material changes are unlikely. Your continued use of the app after a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.